By late afternoon of July 17th, an area of low pressure was located over the far southern Red River Valley with a warm front extending to its east. Temperatures had topped out in the middle 80s with dew points in the lower 70s. Thunderstorms flared up along and north of the warm front, mainly affecting southeast North Dakota and west central Minnesota. Large hail was reported along with a few strong winds gusts. Heavy amounts of rain also fell along the Highway 10 corridor in west central Minnesota, mainly between Detroit Lakes and Wadena.